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Russell Mulcahy

Director, born Melbourne 1953 but has mostly worked OS.

Australian work

Razorback (Russell Mulcahy, 1984) prod. Jim & Hal McElroy, wr. Everett de Roche, novel Peter Brennan, dp Dean Semler, music Iva Davies; Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, David Argue, Judy Morris; horror parody

Swimming Upstream (Russell Mulcahy, 2002) wr. Anthony Fingleton, dp Martin McGrath; Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer, Tim Draxl, Mitchell Dellevergin, 115 min., first screened 31 October 2002; national release in Australia 27 February 2003; Anthony Fingleton's own story of growing up in Brisbane in the 1950s; it is Mulcahy's first Australian film since Razorback (1984); Metro, 136: 26-29; US release 3 February 2005

Bait (Kimble Rendall, 2012) aka Bait 3D; wr. Russell Mulcahy; Julian McMahon, Sharni Vinson, Phoebe Tonkin; sharks: horror; Australian release Sept

In Like Flynn (Russel Mulcahy, 2018) wr. Corey Large, Steve Albert, Luke Flynn, Alexander Djamirze, dp Peter Holland; Thomas Cocquerel, Corey Large, William Moseley, Clive Standen, Callan Mulvey, Isabel Lucas, David Wenham, Dan Fogler; biopic


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